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Molecular Evolution Lab
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A lab that explores the mechanisms of evolution and symbiosis in living organisms through their genes.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring the mechanisms of biological evolution through genes.
Professor Junko Kusumi's lab aims to understand the mechanisms of biological evolution at the level of genes.
The lab also works to elucidate how genetic variation, meaning differences between genes, is maintained.
In particular, it conducts research on the molecular evolution of symbiotic and parasitic systems, as well as population genetic studies of a variety of organisms.
In the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation, Prof. Kusumi teaches the research-project course "Conservation Genetics."
Key terms
- Population genetics
- The study of how genetic differences are maintained and how they change within a population of organisms
- Molecular evolution
- A view of evolution that looks at how the sequences of genes and proteins have changed over generations
- Symbiosis
- Different kinds of organisms living together in close association with one another
ResearchResearch themes
This lab aims to understand the evolution of living things through changes in their genes. It studies the evolution of organisms living in symbiosis, as well as population genetic research on a variety of organisms.
*Illustrative imageEvolution of the Symbiosis between Hydra and Green Algae
The lab investigates how the symbiosis between the cnidarian Hydra and green algae has evolved. By removing or replacing the symbiotic algae and examining changes in gene activity, it explores the mechanism that determines which Hydra and algae pair up.
*Illustrative imageCoevolution of Figs and Fig Wasps
The lab studies the relationship between fig species and the fig wasps that carry their pollen. Using population genetic and molecular phylogenetic methods, it explores coevolution and co-speciation.
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- ProfessorJunko Kusumi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Mikrofoto.de-Hydra 15” Frank Fox / CC BY-SA 3.0 de (cropped)
- Evolution of the Symbiosis between Hydra and Green Algae: “Mikrofoto.de-Hydra 2” Frank Fox / CC BY-SA 3.0 de (cropped)
- Coevolution of Figs and Fig Wasps: “Fig (Ficus carica) fruit halved” Ivar Leidus / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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